Sorry, change of plans. I didn't really think before I started writing about these records on Friday. I have some other things planned for a couple of Fridays in the next few weeks, so I'm going to shift Otis around and we're going to talk about each of the individual albums in the Otis Forever: The Albums and Singles 1968 - 1970 box set over the next few Mondays. As I mentioned on Friday, this is the second Otis Redding box set I have, but this one focuses on his posthumous albums.
The Immortal Otis Redding came out in 1968 and features songs that he recorded just prior to his death in December of 1967. Of all of his posthumous releases, this one seems the closest to an actual planned album to me. The songs feel purposefully sequenced together, it's just not cleaning out odds and ends. And boy oh boy, the songs on this record.
We've got hall of fame worthy classics like "The Happy Song," "Nobody's Fault But Mine" and "Hard To Handle." And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Every song on here is great, not a single piece of filler in the bunch. It's difficult to think about what this album could have meant to his career if he had not passed and was able to release it as the next album in his career.
I'm really happy to finally have a good, clean version of this album on vinyl. It was definitely the co-main event of this box set for me and is quite simply a classic album that I will never tire of listening to.
Otis Redding - The Immortal Otis Redding:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=3mW7KfVrv-o&list=OLAK5uy_mZZlUxmBFoQhgyRR9S_ltNa_rW1l772lM
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=3mW7KfVrv-o&list=OLAK5uy_mZZlUxmBFoQhgyRR9S_ltNa_rW1l772lM
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